Ten players selected – six players on defense, four on offense. Five trades made. One pick added for 2026 (fifth round). A post-draft period to finalize.

What did the Philadelphia Eagles accomplish in this 2025 NFL Draft Weekend? Assistant General Manager Alec Halaby talked about it on Saturday evening as the sun in South Philadelphia went down and everyone at the NovaCare Complex exhaled after a long, long, and very productive 11 months of preparation manifested over the course of three days and nights.

“We go into every draft hoping to maximize and balance both the best player available and the reality is that there are needs that need to be filled,” Halaby said. “I think we did a really good job walking that line and balancing between getting a bunch of guys that we believe in as players and also supplementing the team. This is the last major acquisition period before we get to Training Camp. Now, as Howie (Roseman, Executive Vice President/General Manager) always says, the team is not done right now. There is still a lot of work that gets done in August, there are pieces that can be added and we are always going to be active.

“But I really feel like we got better this weekend. It’s nice to be coming off a good season like we are and having a lot of assets in the future as well. I think that’s a unique spot and that is something we’ve thought a lot about building over the last few years.”

Now, onto the specifics with Halaby, who is grinding every day in lock step with Roseman building the roster and challenging every position.

LB Jihaad Campbell, Alabama (Round 1, No. 31 overall)

“Man, he’s a great player. I love watching him play. He’s springy, he’s explosive – there are a ton of adjectives you can use to describe him. When he’s in a pure stacked ‘backer role, he processes really well in the run game. He’s very fast to hit it. Really sure, reliable tackler. In the pass game, this is a guy who can match running backs, can match tight ends. He’s very alert and plays with very good vision.

“When you ask him to rush the passer, it’s electric when he comes from off the ball. He will blow up running backs, he will slither to the quarterback – he has a lot of different ways to get home. He can also drop out of the line of scrimmage in an overhang role if you want to create a five-down front either early or late and give teams a different presentation. And he can rush one-on-one against tackles. So, I think he is really good at all the core jobs and he can also do a lot of things that a lot of linebackers can’t do. We were fortunate that he was there when we picked.”

S Andrew Mukuba, Texas (Round 2, No. 64 overall)

“Great athlete, really smart player, this guy can absolutely cover. I think that is what jumps off the tape when you watch Andrew play. He’s a guy who can match receivers, he can match tight ends – he is wired athletically in terms of his anticipation to really match routes one-on-one. When you ask him to play in the deep part of the field, he sees the full field, he plays with great vision and awareness, and processes at a really high tempo. That is a really unusual skill that he has. When he has an opportunity to get the ball, he gets the ball. This guy finds the ball.

“People have talked about him in the run game, and when we watch him, we see a guy who wants to be physical, who wants to tackle, who wants to get off blocks, who wants to find the ball. I think he can do all those things. We are getting a really smart, ball-aware player who we feel is going to impact the game in all phases. He’s fun to watch – he has instinctual processes that are really hard to teach, and he’s developed them whether that’s been taught to him or whether that’s natural, so that’s really good base to build off of.”

DT Ty Robinson, Nebraska (Round 4, No. 111 overall)

“Ty Robinson is a very disruptive player on the interior. You can play him at a lot of different spots along the front. I think he outworks whoever is across from him. He’s someone who can win early in the down, but he can also win late in the down. He’s pretty mature with his hand use – his ability to get on edges. He can win down the middle – he’s a large man – but he can also win on the edges because he’s slippery enough, he’s adept enough, and fast enough with his hands and body to give you multiple ways to rush. He gives extremely high effort in the run game. He will strike people if you give him a double-team and he can stand up to a vertical double – he can find a way to split it. He is both talented and gives high effort, which is an intersection that we like to live in.”

CB Mac McWilliams, Central Florida (Round 5, No. 145 overall)

“Some people see him outside, some people see him inside, and I think the beauty of that is that people can see you playing both inside and outside and that means you can play both inside and outside. He has athletic and mental versatility where we’ve seen Mac play outside, where he has the speed to carry verticals (routes) and he has a good feel at the top of the route. Inside, he’s a tough guy who can insert in the run game as need be. I think Mac is going to find whatever spot is best for him, but also can move across those spots. He’s a great kid who works extremely hard. We have a lot of belief that he can maximize what he can be.”

LB Smael Mondon, Georgia (Round 5, No. 161 overall)

“Surprised he was there. Multi-year starter on some great Georgia defenses. Really smart kid – they run a complex defense there and he understands it all. He’s an analytical person and that fits with us because we ask our linebackers to solve problems on the field and he is someone who can do that. What you see from him in the pass game is that he can match tight ends and he can match running backs. He has that kind of movement skill and looseness and agility and speed and then in the run game he is someone who will come downhill and violently destroy a block. We do a really good job of teaching run destruction here and he’s only going to get better with that. He processes the triangle well when he hits it and he is hitting it hard.”